Suffix attached to nouns or verbs to indicate a person associated with that action, place, or characteristic. Common in compounds like 旅人 (たびびと) 'traveler' or 恋人 (こいびと) 'lover'. Not a free-standing word.
The 人 in 旅人 is read as と.
恋人 is read as こいびと.
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
gentle; quiet; docile; well-behaved · quiet (color/pattern); sober; subdued
ordinary person; commoner; untitled individual
villager
traveler; tourist; wayfarer
little person (folklore/fantasy); fairy; elf; gnome; dwarf · little person (dwarfism); dwarf; midget
helper; supporter; backup · foreign player hired to strengthen a team
hunter
good-naturedness; soft-heartedness · good-natured person; soft touch; easy mark
expert; professional; connoisseur · woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine
personal assistant; attendant; chaperon
look grown-up; act mature; be adult-like
matchmaker · go-between; intermediary; middleman
young person; youth
imperial archivist; court archivist · master brewer; sake/soy sauce brewing artisan
hermit; recluse
mountain folk; hermit · mountain wizard · pseudonym element (artist/writer)
living god; god incarnate; emperor (as a deity) · miracle-working god; god who appears as needed
personal assistant; attendant; chaperon
missing person; wanted person
villager; village folk; countryfolk
defeated soldier fleeing the enemy; fugitive warrior
person being waited for; the awaited one · person who waits; waiter
amateur; layperson; novice · respectable woman; woman not in the sex trade · unlicensed prostitute
thief; robber
Chinese person; Korean person
thief; robber
go-between; matchmaker
anyone; any person; whoever
lonely person; forlorn person; poverty-stricken person
Kanji spelling for the suffix reading と, used in compounds.
The reading と for 人 is a native Japanese (kun'yomi) reading, used as a suffix in certain compounds. Its historical derivation is uncertain, but it is related to the word 人 (ひと) 'person'.